Can't Edit presentation- read only embedded font

[crashman2u]

I copied a presentation from my desk top to my laptop via a flash drive. When I open the PP file a message appears telling me that I can not edit the presentation because it contains a read only embedded font. Please tell me how I can work around this as I need to be able to edit and work on the presentation on my lap top. Thanks

 

[Sonia]

Are you using PowerPoint 2003 on both systems? It's a new "feature" that
we're all grumbling about. In the meantime the work around would be to
install the needed fonts on your laptop, or avoid fonts that are not on both
systems. You'll need to open the presentation on your desktop and change
the fonts in that case.
--

Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/

I copied a presentation from my desk top to my laptop via a flash drive.

When I open the PP file a message appears telling me that I can not edit the
presentation because it contains a read only embedded font. Please tell me
how I can work around this as I need to be able to edit and work on the
presentation on my lap top. Thanks

 

[Scott Harvey]

sonia's spot on crashman2u,

since you never had problems with the font on the origianl machine
there is no authoring/ copyrgiht restrictions embedding the font.

install the font on your portable, but please make sure you have a
font license to do so for whatever font you are using as it seems that
you are using a non system font.

you can learn more about fonts and licensing issues at
http://www.123powerpoint.com/faqs_fonts.asp, though this refers mainly
to our fonts, general copyright rules apply to all fonts.

Regards,
Scott Harvey,
http://www.123powerpoint.com

 

[TAJ Simmons]

crashman2u,

See
FONT embedding
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00076.htm


Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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I copied a presentation from my desk top to my laptop via a flash drive. When I open the PP file a message appears

telling me that I can not edit the presentation because it contains a read only embedded font. Please tell me how I can
work around this as I need to be able to edit and work on the presentation on my lap top. Thanks